Following the decision by the Ministries of Economy and Finance (MEF) and Trade and Industry (MCI) to set the official prices of petroleum products at 725 gourdes per gallon of gasoline, 850 gourdes for diesel, and 845 gourdes for kerosene, merchants in Les Cayes have, for their part, proposed an upward adjustment.

Meeting at the prosecutor’s office in Les Cayes with local authorities, including the government commissioner, the municipal administration, and the Haitian National Police (PNH), gas station operators explained that they could not comply with the prices set by the State due to the high costs associated with supply.